Differential use of thermal convection by soaring birds over central Israel

Condor

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 208-218

  Shamoun Baranes, Judy ^a   Leshem, Yossi ^a   Yom Tov, Yoram ^a   Liechti, Olivier ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Analysen and Konzepte   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Israel; Migration; Soaring birds; Thermal convection

Indexed keywords

AQUILA; AQUILA POMARINA; AVES; CICONIA; CICONIA CICONIA; CICONIIFORMES; PELECANIDAE; PELECANUS; PELECANUS ONOCROTALUS; PERNIS APIVORUS;

EID: 0038033069     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2003)105[0208:DUOTCB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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